Category: Seattle Children’s
Allow Seattle Children’s to expand, says Seattle Times The Seattle City Council should reverse ruling of a hearing examiner who has rejected Seattle Children’s expansion plans, says Seattle Times argues in an editorial today’s paper. The hearing examiner found that hospital’s planned expansion, which would add 1.5 million square feet of space on its Lauralhurst campus, [...]
By Carol Ann Campbell August 13, 2009 NEWARK, N.J. – Fourteen-year-old Prince Jackson made a fist and banged his hand on his head, again and again. “It was like this,” he said, trying to describe the blinding pain from the tumor growing inside his head. “It hurt so much. It wouldn’t stop.” Jackson could not [...]
The U.S. government is making available $8.1 million for education loan repayment for nurses willing to work for two years at facilities that face a critical nurse shortages. The funds will be offered on a competitive basis to 100 registered nurses. In Washington state the program will offer five positions: four at the University of [...]
Money and medicine KUOW looks at the salaries of Seattle’s top docs and charity care Washington non-profit hospitals give John Ryan, a reporter for Seattle’s Public Radio affiliate KUOW, looked at how much Seattle-area hospitals, most of which enjoy the tax benefits of non-profit status, pay their top officials and how much charity care they [...]
Stillbirth and prematurity are responsible for more deaths of children under age 5 than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.
Many parents, concerned about influenza A/H1N1 (swine flu), are bring children with mild or even no symptoms to the emergency room at Seattle Children’s, more than doubling the number of patients the staff usually sees at this time of year. Most of these visits are unnecessary, hospital officials say, and are overburdening the emergency room’s [...]
Adolescents with type 1 diabetes who use insulin pumps achieve better blood-sugar levels than do adolescents who use other methods, according to a new study. Those using insulin pumps also required fewer hospitalizations and emergency room visits, the study found. But even with the pump many children and teens still fail to achieve good blood-sugar [...]
Seattle Children’s has produced a video and a tip sheet for parents about swine flu. The video features Dr. Danielle Zerr, medical director, Infection Control, Seattle Children’s Hospital. Additional information is available on Seattle Children’s swine flu information page. Message from Seattle Children’s: There are suspected cases of swine flu in the state of Washington. As [...]
The University of Washington School of Medicine has been ranked 6th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. In the speciality categories, UW ranked: 1st in primary care, family medicine, and rural medicine 5th in women’s health 6th in pediatric and geriatric medicine 8th in internal medicine. To learn more: Go to the U.S. [...]
Seattle Children’s is on track to become on of the nation’s leading pediatric research center, but first it must meet formidable challenges caused by the current economic downturn, the hospital’s CEO Dr. Thomas Hansen said Thursday. Dr. Hansen, a neonatologist who specializes in chronic lung diseases in newborns, made the comments today at an address [...]
Seattle Children’s Hospital will host a free “hands-on” community health fair event for families and children ages 3 to 8, on Saturday, March 14th. At the fair, children can learn about health, safety and the hospital through many fun activities including the Teddy Bear Clinic, finger casting, a visit from the Tooth Fairy, [...]
Seattle Children’s Hospital will host a free “hands-on” community health fair event for families and children ages 3 to 8, on Saturday, March 14th. At the fair, children can learn about health, safety and the hospital through many fun activities including the Teddy Bear Clinic, finger casting, a visit from the Tooth Fairy, ambulance and [...]
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